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Michael Swanwick
ISBN: 9780575076051
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Orion Publishing Co
Edition: New edition
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Jane is a changeling child, enslaved in a factory that makes the iron dragons - terrible engines of war - until she discovers the secret of the dragons' sentience and is able to use one of the beasts to escape. Then, her adventures as a thief and an outsider take her into a reality rich in wild magic.
Part classic fantasy, part Charles Dickens, The Iron Dragon's Daughter is one of the most unique novels in the genre. Jane is a changeling child, enslaved in a factory that makes the iron dragons - terrible engines of war - until she discovers the secret of the dragons' sentience and is able to use one of the beasts to escape. Then, her adventures as a thief and an outsider take her into a reality rich in wild magic and sharp-edged technology, a world where Time and shopping malls have a strange relationship and gryphons have a low capacity for alcohol. A surprising and brilliant novel that undercuts the easy escapism of more conventional fantasy.
| ISBN | 0575076054 | | Pages | 352 | | ISBN13 | 9780575076051
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 286 | | Publisher | Orion Publishing Co | | Published in | London | | Imprint | Gollancz | | Series title | Fantasy Masterworks | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 198 | | Publication date | 14 Oct 2004 | | Width (mm) | 129 | | Library of Congress | PS3569.W28 | | Spine width (mm) | 24 | | DEWEY | 813.54 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | |
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